Satellite Industry Groups Reiterates Opposition to UNIDROIT Space Assets Protocol

Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2012--Several satellite industry assications repeated  its grave concerns over the proposed UNIDROIT Space Assets Protocol. Delegates of UNIDROIT and its member states will convene on February 27 in Berlin, Germany, for the Diplomatic Conference on the Draft Space Assets Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, the European Satellite Operators’ Association, the Satellite Industry Association of Washington, D.C., the Space Industry Association of Australia and the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia today urged delegates and Member States to defer any consideration of the Protocol due to an absence of support from the global satellite industry.